Man is an existential sad sack who instinctively sets up a game of hide-and-seek with the audience.

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"I am more wolf than thee, " Pablo said and Robert Jordan knew that he would pick up the sack.

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Some said they had ended up having to sack staff, or sell assets, in order to save money to make the loan repayments.

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St Helens fans held up posters of Millward throughout the match and also chanted "sack the board".

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Wrap up your workout at least three hours before you hit the sack: Exercise can be too stimulating near bedtime.

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He had one hand up to his armpit, tucked in the strap of a sack or something on his back.

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He said that he would not sack ministers who had not defected with him, saying "it is up to their conscience to resign or remain in cabinet".

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Bernie Fernandez chokes up remembering how he boarded the plane in a shirt and pants cut out from a sack of potatoes.

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If it is approved for use in the U.S., the makers will play up the extra time a 20mg tablet gives a guy to woo his way into the sack, as their ads now do in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

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But if you're the kind of person who tends to treat notebook PCs like a sack of dirty laundry and has repair bills to prove it, then perhaps one of these beefed-up babies is worth considering.

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